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• To: Economic Development Commission Members rFrom: Kevin Carroll, Economic Development Coordinator MEMORANDUM Subject: Comprehensive Guide Plan update (Economic Development Section) Date: February 12, 1999 As you will recall, at the last"regular" EDC meeting we agreed to schedule a special meeting that would be devoted exclusively to the topic of Mounds View's Comprehensive Guide Plan, which is currently in the process of being revised and updated. We did so, in part, because the topic has been on the agenda for at least two prior meetings, but time constraints have consistently prevented us from getting to the subject matter in question. Although Economic Development[ED] is designated as an "optional" rather than "required" component of the Comp Guide Plan,the preparation of an ED component provides a mechanism for review and discussion regarding the City's short-term and long-term objectives in the important area of economic development. Attached hereto for your review are copies of selected portions of a draft of a proposed Economic Development section of the [updated] Comprehensive Guide Plan. Your input, • advice and suggestions regarding these parts will be relied upon during the finalization of the remaining portions of the Economic Development section of the Comp Guide Plan update. Despite the scheduling of a special meeting to discuss this topic, I anticipate that further discussion will be needed at our next "regular" meeting on February 25th. The enclosed material includes a copy of a map identifying "Proposed Land Use Designation Changes," which has used by the Planning Commission during its discussions regarding the updating of the Comp Guide Plan. This map has been enclosed because the areas that are numbered roughly correspond with portions of the community that may be suitable for commercial development and/or redevelopment in the reasonably foreseeable future. We will be referring to_these_areas_in_connection with_our discussion of Part 7_of the proposed Economic Development section of the Plan. Inasmuch as re/development is generally expected to progress up Highway I 0 from 1-35, I propose that we discuss the numbered sections on the endosed map in reverse numerical order, beginning with #9 (the mobile home park/motel site). With respect to the other portions of the enclosed draft, I will be especially interested in hearing your thoughts regarding the following: I. Any "disincentives for economic development"that I may have missed, or misidentified. 111 2. Any economic development "resources"that I have neglected to include, or that I may have described in an unclear manner. ■